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    The document contains multiple choice and short answer questions about early writing systems and Sumerian culture. The multiple choice questions ask about who developed writing after the Flood (Sumerians), the evolution of Sumerian writing into cuneiform, what the Sumerians used to make marks on clay tablets (reeds or sharp instruments), and how they ensured permanence of records (baking clay tablets). The short answer questions ask about the role of archaeologists in excavating ancient sites and the importance of the wheel for Sumerian transportation and industry.

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    The document contains multiple choice and short answer questions about early writing systems and Sumerian culture. The multiple choice questions ask about who developed writing after the Flood (Sumerians), the evolution of Sumerian writing into cuneiform, what the Sumerians used to make marks on clay tablets (reeds or sharp instruments), and how they ensured permanence of records (baking clay tablets). The short answer questions ask about the role of archaeologists in excavating ancient sites and the importance of the wheel for Sumerian transportation and industry.

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    Multiple Choice Questions:

    1. Who is credited with the development and use of writing after the Flood?
    A) Egyptians
    B) Sumerians
    C) Greeks
    D) Romans
    2. What did Sumerian writing gradually evolve into, with each mark representing a syllable?
    A) Hieroglyphics
    B) Cuneiform
    C) Alphabet
    D) Pictographs
    3. What did the Sumerians use to make their marks on soft clay tablets?
    A) Feather quills
    B) Pencils
    C) Reeds or sharp instruments
    D) Brushes
    4. How did the Sumerians ensure the permanence of their written records?
    A) They used ink
    B) They engraved stone tablets
    C) They baked the clay until it was hard
    D) They used paper
    Short Answer Questions:

    5. What do archaeologists do?

    6. Explain the important of wheel for the Sumerians.

    Multiple Choice Questions:

    1. Who is credited with the development and use of writing after the Flood?
    A) Egyptians
    B) Sumerians
    C) Greeks
    D) Romans
    2. What did Sumerian writing gradually evolve into, with each mark representing a syllable?
    A) Hieroglyphics
    B) Cuneiform
    C) Alphabet
    D) Pictographs
    3. What did the Sumerians use to make their marks on soft clay tablets?
    A) Feather quills
    B) Pencils
    C) Reeds or sharp instruments
    D) Brushes
    4. How did the Sumerians ensure the permanence of their written records?
    A) They used ink
    B) They engraved stone tablets
    C) They baked the clay until it was hard
    D) They used paper
    Short Answer Questions:

    5. What do archaeologists do?

    6. Explain the important of wheel for the Sumerians.

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